This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Editing And Proofreading > Modifiers Placement – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modifiers Placement Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This mother-of-pearl is so stunning. It has ..... color. A) Silver green. B) Silver-green. C) Silvering green. D) Silvering-green. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Silver-green. 2. Running quickly, Sol's pizza slice somehow ended up on the cafeteria floor. A) Correct Modifier Placement. B) Misplaced/Dangling Modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Misplaced/Dangling Modifier. 3. Which of the following is a correct revision for the dangling modifier:'Fumbling in her purse, the keys could not be found.'? A) Fumbling in her purse, she could not find the keys. B) Fumbling in her purse, the keys were lost. C) She was fumbling in her purse, and the keys could not be found. D) The keys could not be found while fumbling in her purse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fumbling in her purse, she could not find the keys. 4. Complete the sentence: ..... on the rooftop, the view was breathtaking. A) Standing. B) Looking. C) Being. D) Sitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Standing. 5. Which of the following best describes adjective? A) These are words that describe an action or a state. B) These are words that give meaningless idea of the sentence. C) These are words used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. D) These are words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) These are words that are used to describe or modify nouns or pronouns. 6. What is the correct revision for the sentence:'Deki bought a used car from a local dealer with a smoky tailpipe.'? A) Deki bought a used car with a smoky tailpipe from a local dealer. B) A local dealer sold Deki a used car with a smoky tailpipe. C) Deki bought a smoky tailpipe from a local dealer with a used car. D) Deki bought a used car with a local dealer that had a smoky tailpipe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deki bought a used car with a smoky tailpipe from a local dealer. 7. Choose the phrase that best completes the sentence to AVOID creating a squinting modifier: "My mom said ..... we would go to the movies." A) On Saturday. B) If I cleaned my room. C) Quickly. D) In the car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) If I cleaned my room. 8. What kind of error is this?Speaking slowly helps the speaker relax. A) Misplaced modifier. B) Dangling modifier. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Misplaced modifier. 9. Which of the following sentences corrects the misplaced modifier in this sentence? She almost drove her kids to school every day. A) She drove her kids almost to school every day. B) Almost every day, she drove her kids to school. C) She drove almost every kid to school every day. D) Almost every day, her kids were driven to school. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost every day, she drove her kids to school. 10. Complete the sentence to show the *intention* to run was made quickly:I ..... decided to run the race. A) Decided quickly. B) Quickly decided. C) Decided to quickly run. D) Decided to run quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quickly decided. 11. Choose the correct adverb to complete the sentence:The team played (well/good) in the match. A) Terribly. B) Good. C) Well. D) Badly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Well. 12. Which revision fixes the dangling modifier? "After reading the article, the conclusions were confusing." A) After reading the article, I found the conclusions confusing. B) After the article reading, conclusions were confusing. C) After reading, confusion filled the article. D) Reading the article, the conclusions confused me. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After reading the article, I found the conclusions confusing. 13. When quotation marks are involved, which of the following demonstrates the correct usage of a comma? A) ''It's going to be, gorgeous weather outside today" the teacher said. B) ''It's going to be gorgeous weather outside today, " the teacher said. C) Commas are not used with quotation marks. D) ''It's going to be gorgeous weather outside today" , the teacher said. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ''It's going to be gorgeous weather outside today, " the teacher said. 14. What is the modifier in the sentence? She wore a black evening gown to the awards ceremony. A) She. B) Wore. C) Black. D) Awards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black. 15. Select the modifier.The cat is really fluffy. A) Cat. B) Really. C) Is. D) Fluffy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Really. 16. Which sentence uses a compound-complex structure? A) She finished her homework. B) I was late, but I still made it on time. C) Although I was tired, I stayed up, and I finished my essay. D) I walked to the store because I needed milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Although I was tired, I stayed up, and I finished my essay. 17. Choose the best correction for the sentence:'Watching the movie, the popcorn was delicious.' A) The popcorn was delicious while watching the movie. B) Watching the movie, I found the popcorn delicious. C) Delicious, the popcorn was watching the movie. D) The movie was watching the delicious popcorn. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watching the movie, I found the popcorn delicious. 18. Fill in the gap with the correct compound adjective.There is difficulty in walking steadily because it is ..... A) Cool-looking. B) Sharp-toothed. C) One-footed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One-footed. 19. Complete the sentence:The coach said players who train ..... perform better. A) Often. B) Sometimes. C) Quickly. D) Regularly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regularly. 20. For 8-10. Choose the appropriate single-word modifier in each sentence.8. My mother requested me to buy a ..... honey from the market. A) Care. B) Sweet. C) Into. D) Would. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sweet. 21. Complete the sentence:A squinting modifier is a word placed between two parts of a sentence, creating ..... A) A clear meaning. B) A better rhythm. C) Confusion. D) A compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Confusion. 22. Is the following sentence correct?Joggling along the road, Elise's eyes caught the attention of a dog. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 23. The sentence 'Telling jokes secretly is fun' is ambiguous. What are its two possible meanings? A) Jokes are fun, and secrets are fun. B) The act of telling is secret, OR the jokes themselves are secret. C) The person telling the jokes is a secret, OR the fun is a secret. D) Jokes are secretly fun, OR telling them is fun. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The act of telling is secret, OR the jokes themselves are secret. 24. Leilani, with kindness in her heart, offered to help her classmates. A) Adjective. B) Adverb. C) Modifier phrase. D) Misplaced modifier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modifier phrase. 25. Complete the sentence so that the modifier clearly describes 'was hoping':'My friend said she ..... to get the new video game.' A) Was secretly hoping. B) Was hoping secretly. C) Was hoping on her birthday. D) Was hoping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was secretly hoping. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesModifiers Placement Quiz 1Modifiers Placement Quiz 2Modifiers Placement Quiz 3Modifiers Placement Quiz 4Modifiers Placement Quiz 5Modifiers Placement Quiz 6Modifiers Placement Quiz 7Modifiers Placement Quiz 8Modifiers Placement Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books